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Box2D
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MonoGame
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo SwitchC#
Aether.Physics2D
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Chipmunk2D Physics
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Farseer Physics Engine
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Box2D

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Gustavo Maciel
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Has wrappers for various languages

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Besides C++, there are wrappers for C# (Farseer physics), Java, Python, Action Script and many other languages.
Gustavo Maciel
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Permissive ZLIB license

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Monika
Gustavo Maciel
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Cross platform

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Works on pretty much all notable platforms (Windows, Linux, iOS, Mac, Android).
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MonoGame

Ye Szhui
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Cross-platform

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Support for iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Linux, Windows (both OpenGL and DirectX), Windows 8 Store, Windows Phone 8, PlayStation Mobile, and the OUYA console with even more platforms on the way. Though it is an extra cost to do any platform other than Windows.
Endi Sukaj
Vadim Pashkov
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Good community

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MonoGame has a great and helpful community following it.
Vadim Pashkov
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Open source

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All the code is available to you ensuring you'll have the ability to make changes when you need to or even port to whole new platforms.
Ye Szhui
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Managed code

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By leveraging C# and other .NET languages on Microsoft and Mono platforms you can write modern, fast, and reliable game code.
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DecentEnlil
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Microsoft related only

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Aether.Physics2D

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Chipmunk2D Physics

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Farseer Physics Engine

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LiquidFun

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